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MCAT AAMC BB Section Bank #20
Hello, I don't understand why we would look at the initial velocity instead of vmax for competitive inhibition. Wouldn't it be simpler to look at the vmax and see if there is a difference? Please help.
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Kaplan FL 1 P/S
1) Can't we think of it as the law reduced prejudices and therefore people are more comfortable coming out and identifying themselves as homosexual? I understand the reasoning behind D, but why does B...
View ArticleChanges in Light and Sound Properties
According to UWorld, when a wave moves from one medium to another, its frequency does not change. But how come the frequency changes based on the Doppler Effect if the medium remains the same? What...
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AAMC FL 2 P/S
So the answer is Horizontal mobility because the social identity changes but the class/income remains the same for this individual. Does this mean that for mobility questions, we look primarily at the...
View ArticleB/B Bluprint FL1 Question
This seems to have been an error in interpretation, but the question is " Injection of insulin into the bloodstream is LEAST likely to result in which of the following? " and I chose "decreased...
View ArticleHow does Vitamin D promote bone growth? Is it a negative feedback loop?
Kaplan is confusing me on this. I understand that Vitamin D promotes bone resorption to increases calcium and phosphate in the blood. Is it the consequential increase in these ions that promote...
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TPR FL 1 C/P
1) I'm not quite understanding the explanation for this question. They talk about how the Cl- ion can react with the Ag+ and how this can ultimately create more I- ions as NaCl concentrations increase...
View ArticleObedience vs Compliance vs Conformity
Based on my understanding, obedience is when we follow whatever an authoritative figure tells us to do whereas compliance is going along with the instructions given by some sort of institution-like...
View ArticleBourgeois meaning? (P/S)
If bourgeois means middle class, in conflict theory why did Marx define it as meaning high class? Are there two separate meanings to bourgeois?
View ArticleDissociation vs Rate Constants Confusion
1) I'm confused about how we got to the ratio Kd = forward/reverse. This is what went through my head when trying to reason out the question. If the reaction is A --> B ( forward is a dissociation...
View ArticleHeterochromatin vs Chromosome?
Don't really understand the difference between these two terms... my understanding is that chromosome is only seen during the M phase? Aren't they both condensed?
View ArticleDNA poly I : how does it replace the first primer nucleotide?
If DNA poly I requires a free 3' -OH group to add nucleotides, then how does it add the first "replacement" nucleotide on the primer (where there isn't necessarily a free 3' -OH group for the DNA poly...
View ArticleDissociation Constants
1) I'm confused about how we got to the ratio Kd = forward/reverse. This is what went through my head when trying to reason out the question. If the reaction is A --> B ( forward is a dissociation...
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SPOILER KAPLAN FULL LENGTH 5
Okay I am terrible at math. Can someone please break down this math better than the explanation? How they solved this without calculator. Possibly anyway you thought of this problem. In the passage the...
View Article(Spoiler) FL2 CARS 43, Passage 8
Don't really see how AAMC got that the magnets represent humans in this question. Aren't we supposed to just take what is literally stated in the passage?
View ArticleWhy is it that Zeff increases going down a group, but atomic radii increases?
Examkrackers says "Zeff also increases going from top to bottom down the periodic table. Though the energy level of the outermost electrons increases down a group, the attractive pull of the growing...
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Why is the following bond hydrogen bonding if it's between C=O and N-H?
The O isn't attached to another H so I'm a bit confused about this
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Polycistronic vs Monocistronic
I have a question about Option D. When reviewing my notes, it says that each gene has its own transcription start site for prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The difference is that eukaryotes have one...
View Article(PS) Social cognitive perspective
I'm getting two contradictory definitions on this term. (1) A combination of social, environmental, and behavioral factors. (2) it's primarily to do with observational learning (so the behavioral...
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Clarification on Surfactant
In school, I learned that without surfactant, the alveoli will collapse. Doesn't this mean the resulting A3 bubble should be smaller than both A1 and A2 instead of bigger?
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